The First Trade & Pre-open Tour Recording… Calm before another storm.

Proper context can start the day with a solid win and make all the difference.

NEW DAILY SCHEDULE
First, watch the pre-open Tour recording HERE <<==
Then, meet in the chaRTroom here by 9:15 ET for updates and Q&A

Through the prior close…
Wednesday’s open was greeted unchanged from Tuesday’s 2385.00 close after ranging narrowly overnight. Neither of which prevented a morning rally to fresh highs attacking 2395.00. Maintaining the rally or extending it was prevented by the rally itself, having originated from unchanged after not gaining traction the prior afternoon. It was doomed to failure, which finally proved out during the last half-hour’s slide to fresh session lows at 2382.00. Bias-up targets were met, and only the morning’s overbought RSIs were left outstanding by a 1-tick miss.

Overnight action’s new info…
Immediately extending Wednesday’s late slide several ticks to 2381.25 ended the leg. Or paused it. Overnight action has duplicated the prior night’s narrow ranging, back up to 2385.00, and back down to 2381.25. Now a surge is testing 2386.50 as ECB’s policy statement takes the stage.

If, then…
Today may yet extend yesterday’s reversal further down. By two consecutive closes above 2375.00 putting into play new highs, the rally can rest on its laurels. Briefly, so a productive pullback will be steep. A bounce has room up to 2388.00 before suggesting the rally is already resuming. Mario Draghi’s press conference following the ECB’s policy statement is a reliable catalyst for expanding volatility. The pre-open Durable Goods report is influential to price action, too, and quarterly earnings remain in full-swing.

First Trade…
[Click here to view the Bias parameters] Exiting the open at 9:45 under 2378.00 would be likely to trigger the 2380.25 bias-down signal at 10:15. Exiting the open above 2385.00 would be unlikely to trigger bias-down. Exiting the open above 2386.50 would be likely at least to probe the 2388.00 bias-up signal.